On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 03:29:34PM -0700, Alexander Poquet wrote: > > My debian box connects to the internet sometimes via ppp, but is generally > a stand-alone. I made a cross over ethernet cable (by reversing the color > order of the subcables on one side) and connected my two boxes directly. > I installed my ethernet card and recompiled my kernel (I'm running 2.4.2) > to support it. Then in my /etc/network/interfaces file I put:
Sorry, but that is not the correct way of making a cross cable. The correct wiring is: 1-3 2-6 3-1 6-2 The rest of the wires is not used and are connected straight-through, 4-4, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8 . (source www.hardwarebook.net which is also available as the hwb .deb) -- Casper Gielen [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- People just generally like to disagree. Bill Joy